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Events from the year 1951 in Scotland.
Incumbents
- Monarch — George VI
- Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal — Hector McNeil until 26 October; then James Stuart
Law officers
- Lord Advocate — John Thomas Wheatley until November; then James Latham Clyde
- Solicitor General for Scotland — Douglas Johnston until November; then William Rankine Milligan
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General — Lord Cooper
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Thomson
- Chairman of the Scottish Land Court — Lord Gibson
Events
- 11 April — The Stone of Scone is located in Forfar, having been stolen by Scottish Nationalists.[1]
- 12 May — Remains of Gunnister Man found in a peat bog in Shetland.
- 18–26 May — Festival of Britain: Festival Ship Campania on view in Dundee (King George V Dock).
- 25 May–8 September — Festival of Britain: Living Traditions exhibition presented at the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, by the Council of Industrial Design.
- 28 May–18 August — Festival of Britain: Exhibition of Industrial Power in Glasgow (opened by The Princess Elizabeth).[2]
- 18 September–6 October — Festival of Britain: Festival Ship Campania on view in Glasgow (Springfield Dock).
- 30 October — James Stuart is appointed Secretary of State for Scotland; he will hold office until January 1957.
- November — Ecurie Ecosse motor racing team founded by Edinburgh businessman and racing driver David Murray and mechanic Wilkie Wilkinson.[3]
- 7 November — First floodlit Association football match in Scotland, a Stenhousemuir v. Hibernian F.C. friendly at the former's Ochilview Park.[4]
- 24 November — Beinn Eighe becomes Britain's first national nature reserve.
- Publication of The Third Statistical Account of Scotland commences with the volume for Ayrshire.
Births
- 2 February — Ken Bruce, radio broadcaster
- 7 February — Eddie Kelly, footballer
- 20 February — Gordon Brown, Labour politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 2007–10
- 4 March — Kenny Dalglish, international footballer and manager
- 25 April — Ian McCartney, Labour politician
- 9 August — James Naughtie, print and radio journalist
- 22 August — Alex Neil, Scottish National Party MSP and government minister
- 23 September — Andrew Greig, author
- 26 September — Stuart Tosh, born Stuart MacIntosh, rock musician
- 28 September — Jim Diamond, singer and songwriter (died 2015)
- 17 November — Jack Vettriano, born Jack Hoggan, painter
- 19 November — Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton, Labour politician and Lord Chancellor
- 15 December — Joe Jordan, international footballer and manager
- 20 December — Peter May, fiction writer
Deaths
- 3 January — Peter McBride, footballer (born 1877)
- 29 January — James Bridie (O. H. Mavor), playwright (born 1888)
- 3 May — Sir Thomas Henderson, Liberal politician (born 1874)
- 16 May — James Greenlees, rugby union footballer, educationalist and soldier (born 1878)
- 9 September — Andrew Blain Baird, engineer and aviation pioneer (born 1862)
- 1 October — Peter McWilliam, international footballer and manager (born 1879)
- 11 October — Donald Cameron, 25th Lochiel, chief of Clan Cameron (born 1876)
The Arts
- 19 May — Pitlochry Festival Theatre opens in a tent with the British première of Maxwell Anderson’s Mary of Scotland.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ^ "Glasgow powers up for the Festival". BBC News. 28 May 1951. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
- ^ "The History of Ecurie Ecosse". Ecurie Ecosse. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
- ^ "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Timeline". Pitlochry Festival Theatre. Retrieved 15 January 2015.